Knives - big **** off shiny ones

[dirty boy]

I know we all love a knife thread on here, but, i'm updating.

My first set was a block of Sabatier knives, a massive improvement over some hand my down rubbish, I thought these were ace for years.

Then I got a single Kyocera ceramic knife and realised what sharp was all about. I was then lucky enough for my birthday to get another Kyocera Kyotop Ceramic, which feels a lot better, and is still razor sharp, however, my wife dropped it and it chipped the end off - gutted was not the word I used in front of her.

Anyway, we had no receipt, and the place it came from wouldn't change it (fair enough) so I contacted Kyocera direct, just to say I love the knife and was dissapointed it broke, and that i'd dropped the other (cheaper one) countless times without problem.

Their solution - to send me another immediately, no quibbles, and apologise. Suberb customer service!!!

Since then however, i've added a couple, and thought i'd share what i've got, and can without any quibbles, state that all are excellent knives.



For bits and bobs, I wanted a study knife, and the Tojiro is perfect, not as sharp at the ceramics, but, it's not going to get upset when you need to be a bit aggressive in use.

Bread knife is excellent.

Kasumi titanium use on big veg, boned stuff as it feels more substantial than you'd expect for what is quite a light knife

The Kyotop is by far my favourite though, just seems silly that i'm now nervous about breaking it, which would make it not very good, but as I say the normal Kyocera has been dropped loads without event, and still gets used for odds and sods.

Tempted to do a youtube review at some point.

Would love to have a go with a big fancy folded japanese jobby..

[randlemarcus]

Wonderful kitchen toys

The OH hates it with a passion. Won't touch it

[dirty boy]

ooooh, that looks nice, what is it?

Is it wrong to want a knife on looks alone?

[randlemarcus]

dirty boy said:

ooooh, that looks nice, what is it?

Is it wrong to want a knife on looks alone?

Shun 25cm. Bought from a nice PHer a while back.

And no, it's never wrong. The really fun thing is that it's a brilliant knife too.

[escargot]

Some of mine:



Wusthof elite chefs knife, paring knife and i've also got a smaller 15cm thin version too. The quality and weight of them is brilliant.

[dirty boy]

Again, lovely.



I reckon I could end up collecting knives (how freaky would that be to visitors!)

[juice]

I use Henckels...

[Davey S2]

Looked at expensive ones but cant justify them when the £20 chefs knife I got from Ikea is so good.

Nice size, weight and quality and its easy to keep razor sharp.

What are Global knives like? They had these on offer in Costco recently.

[Du1point8]

Davey S2 said:

Looked at expensive ones but cant justify them when the £20 chefs knife I got from Ikea is so good.

Nice size, weight and quality and its easy to keep razor sharp.

What are Global knives like? They had these on offer in Costco recently.

Thanks to media and hype... they are really over priced for what they are.

I just picked up a few of these:

http://www.hartsofstur.com/acatalog/Stellar_FM_Kni...

Both cooks knives and potato knife, buying the rest as they are a little too cheap to pass on.

And one from here:

http://www.marttiini.fi/in_english/Marttiini_Shop

World renowned in the knife industy but I doubt many on here know of them.

Looking at one of these:

http://www.marttiini.fi/in_english/Marttiini_Shop/...

as a proper filleting knife that is flexible

Also want a lapp knife but that is more for when Im actually in Finland.

[dirty boy]

My Mum has a couple of Globals, i'm not overly keen but she does like how they feel nice, and that's quite important.

[escargot]

Big thread on Globals here: http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[shirt]

I have IKEA knives

I bought a couple myself, and much of the rest appeared at Christmas along with the carving set. I think I have all of them bar the small 6" plain blade as its duplicated by the santoku.

For the price I think they are excellent. Very well balanced, nice on the hand and keep their edge very well. The first damascus blade I got was chipped but I had it sharpened at work and it came up perfect. They are miles better than the similarly priced Victorinox my parents have.

I tend to covet form as well as function and these look the business for the £££. Until I can afford a full set of Jap knives these will do.

Pic of the 9" cooks knife



http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/categories/serie...

[grumbledoak]

Hiromoto HC 270mm.


Now discontinued, sadly.

[Stig]

£773 for a set of 5 of the Kyocera Kyotop's and £235 for the 15.5cm

I still want them though

[Rollin]

Richardsons, Sheffield.
Had it for years and years.

[mr_tony]

I'm coveting this
http://www.japaneseknifecompany.com/KNIVES/LAMINAT...

What I'll actually get later this month is probably http://www.japaneseknifecompany.com/KNIVES/LAMINAT...

It's still nice, but not quite as shiny. Or expensive. Or cool. But still nice.

Edited by mr_tony on Friday 14th January 16:54

[Du1point8]

linky no worky

[mr_tony]

Fixy linky.

[Taita]

Stig said:

£773 for a set of 5 of the Kyocera Kyotop's and £235 for the 15.5cm

I still want them though

You would HAVE to be high to pay that surely? Or a pro!

[dirty boy]

mr_tony said:

Fixy linky.

Just so people can see.....





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'tis a thing of beauty though....